I’ve had totally different experience with Manuka - not a hint of medicine in smell or taste; my current favorite. Although I’m going to have to try some of the others here; especially interested in the Heather honey
Interesting. The one in our line up had a very high UMF & MGO rating, so this may well mean extra oomph on the medicinal notes, but I would certainly recommend trying some of the others too. Delicious! Thanks for sharing! 👍😊
@@thetastetestchannelI just tried Steens MGO 850+, very rich flavor, nice texture too. Maybe give that a try sometime? The flavor is crazy bold, maybe like a darker brown sugar
After watching this I ordered the Heather & Leatherwood honeys, Totally agree with your conclusions, and my better half now adores the Tasmanian Leatherwood. Much love & Thanks from us both. 🥰🥰🥰
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such lovely feedback, I super appreciate it! The next video is coming soon! Meanwhile, have yourself a wonderful weekend! 😊👍
I live in Florida and yes the Tupelo honey is very good. I am going to try the Scottish Heather. I love honey and thank you for sharing. I subscribed today 🤗
A big hello and very warm welcome to you in Florida! - I hope you enjoy trying the Scottish Heather Honey - It’s very different fromTupelo, both both are lovely! Thanks so much for commenting & I’m super glad you’ve subscribed! 👍😊
I’m so glad you enjoyed the video! As for your choice of honey, you clearly have impeccable taste! 😆Welcome aboard and thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a lovely comment. Have a wonderful weekend! 👍😊
A big hello to you in Florida! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such kind and thoughtful feedback. I do hope you continue to enjoy our other taste tests, so glad you’ve subscribed, and a super warm welcome to the channel! 👍😊
The brand I buy (in USA) is called Miod, it's a Linden Honey from Poland. I get it in an Asian supermarket that has an Eastern European aisle. I use it to sweeten my coffee. Another brand I have bought is Sadaf, there are various flavours. I wish you would post your scone recipe, they look delicious.
Thanks for commenting and glad you like the scones,😀 I can’t think of anything better to go with honey! I will get round to posting the recipe at some point but they are essentially a classic Devonshire scone (lots of recipes online.) 👍😊
I've only had Manuka and the Greek thyme. I loved the Greek honey. I got some once from a Greek farm. Wow. I ordered some of the Leatherwood. Heard it's quite tasty and similar in medicinal value as Manuka honey. Not a huge acacia honey fan, but it tastes decent. I want to try the heather. I'll order a bit once I've finished from the ones I've got.
Thanks for sharing. Great to be able to taste a honey while on location! The Leatherwood had an incredible bouquet to it and definitely one to try, but I couldn’t eat a lot of it. Tried a few Heather honeys since the taste test and none compare to the Heather Hills Farm one on the video, so would deffo recommend that one. I literally can’t stop eating it on fresh baked scones! Thanks again & have a great day.👍😁
As a fan of Van Morrison, I’ve always been curious about Tupelo and really pleased to have tried it. Will also keep a note of your Sour Wood recommendation. Thank you so much for sharing 👍😁
@@thetastetestchannel you owe it to yourself to get Sour Wood. The best jars are very light coloured with a spellbinding shimmer that suggests the reflection of lavender. It's like looking into a hazy sunset within a dream if you get the best sour wood.
But all of them from common bees, in Brazil you can find honey from various species of stingless bees, and each one of them have different texture and flavor
Thanks for sharing. We are aware of stingless bee honey but have to narrow our selection to 6 contenders per episode, so it’s always a difficult choice and never an exhaustive list. However, we always bear in mind recommendations for any Mark 2 episodes so thanks for your input. Have a great evening 👍😁
I have had the pleasure of trying a little Basswood honey once and recall enjoying it but, as it was a long time ago, I would struggle to describe it in more detail!. Nevertheless that’s some great ideas to consider within a Honey video Mark 2, so thank you! Really appreciate you commenting and have a wonderful day! 👍😊
The leatherwood sounds like my experience with general ecuadorian honey. Kept thinking we were getting honey that had been flavored with something akin to strong perfume 😅 wouldn't have known it was honey had i tasted it blind. Cheers from canada✌
A big hello to you in Canada!! 😁 Interesting about your ecuadorian honey experience. Its amazing just how much the perfume & taste of flowers comes through in some honeys! Thanks so much for sharing and have a wonderful weekend 👍😊
based on my very limited experience, I like the "wildflower" honey. I mean, I have zero clue what "wildflower" rly means, but I tend to like it better, whatever it is. I was staring at the bottle of it (after pretty much forgetting that I got a different kind of honey while especially appreciating the taste of it one day and wondering why) next to clover honey and it had an almost reddish hue to it; like rose gold. It seems to be a bit-less-sweet tasting, more complex, and VERY floral. It was like I could smell/taste a little field of a few different flowers. The very-sweet single dimension of clover honey makes me a little sick after a small bit.
Well you certainly get top marks for your evocative and poetic description! Wildflower honey literally means the bees have gathered nectar from whatever they can find; wildflowers, gardens, window boxes etc. as opposed to a dedicated local source of one type of flower. It’s often darker than single source (monofloral) honey and while varying in flavour can often produce real winners! Thanks so much for sharing and hope you enjoyed the video! 👍😊
Great honey choices, thanks for sharing. I was fascinated to taste Tupelo and am still enjoying it on pancakes! Hope you enjoyed the video & have a lovely evening! 👍😊
@@thetastetestchannel yes I like the video and I like seeing the tupelo honey getting recognized in different places. Back in the 80's and 90's down in the Apalachicola wild life management area. The bee keeper had to make 10 foot tall electrical fince around the hives to try and keep the bears out of the honey. They would take the electrical fince boxes made to run 50 miles of 1 strand of fince. And make a fince about 10 feet high and 20 ft square. For the fince to be hot enough for the bear to pay attention to the schok. And that didn't work all the time. And there were stories about bee keeper getting chased by bear when the would go to the hives early or leave around dark.
@@thetastetestchannel oh look up Apalachicola national forest And/ or Tate's hell state forest on UA-cam and you can see the places it came from. Btw there are a lot of gators there all 4 types of our poison snakes, panthers, alligator snapping turtles, and coyotes and wild hogs in that place. And back early and pre 90's if it wasn't hunting season you could camp down there and not see anyone else for weeks Tates hel is 212,269 acers and Apalachicola is about 574,000 acres.
Wow, Tbj Tbj, that’s a lot of fascinating information! Clearly a unique place… Here in the UK, the most we have to contend with is the odd non poisonous spider and the occasional menacing look from a squirrel. Nevertheless most Brits would have to think twice before going wild camping! 😆🤣😆Thanks again for sharing! 👍😁
A big hello to you there in Florida and all fun facts are very welcome! I very much enjoyed trying your lovely Tupelo honey. Thanks for sharing and have a lovely day! 👍😁
Thanks for sharing and I don’t doubt it! Manuka honeys will naturally vary to some degree, and depending on their strength, UMF, MGO etc, floral honey tones will come through in some more than others. The Kiva and others I’ve tried are certainly overwhelmingly dominated by medicinal tones, but some people may like this taste anyway and there’s nothing wrong with that! 👍😁
Heather honey is thixotropic, meaning it tends to be in a gelatinous state. It isn’t thick because of the beeswax content. Beeswax in liquid honey rises to the top. It’s unable to do that in heather honey. Manuka honey is also thixotropic.
I try not to get too complicated in the video. You are correct that Heather honey is thixotropic, but by nature of this, when it is extracted, most producers press the honeycomb. In doing so, particulates of honeycomb are left in the honey and, due to the gelatinous state that you mentioned, it prevents it rising to the top. It is these inclusions of honeycomb particulates that I particularly like about the Heather honey featured in this video. Interestingly, there are some producers that take the time to extract and filter the honey, leaving a surprisingly runny Heather honey, but I don’t think it’s as good! Thanks for commenting and have a great day 👍😊
Because I get mine (often on sale) from Costco, I don't get hit as hard with the price tag of the Manuka honey, but because I've also heard nothing but good about the Heather Honey, I might well order some off Amazon or so next time I get the chance. n.n
With around half of the world (and of course the UK) being made up of females, I really don’t think it’s an issue, 😆 but super glad you’re enjoying the videos and thank you so much for your enthusiastic feedback. 👍😁
Thanks for your suggestion! We select just 6 contenders per episode so it’s always a case of filtering down from the multitude of options and selecting based on global availability, reputation or provenance. However we always consider any suggestions for a Mark 2 episode in the future so would certainly bear this in mind for next time! 👍😊
Love my honey and heather honey my go to.... The Scottish heather honey got that expensive that even Waitrose stopped selling it 😂 All is not lost though as if raw unheated real heather honey is your thing like me then there's an English alternative : Littleover Apiaries Heather Honey 340g @ £4.50 which is nearly half the price but all the flavour 👍
I’ve tried a few heather honeys now and none of them have beaten the Heather Hills one yet, but great to know and certainly sounds like good value! Thanks again for contributing. 👍😁
Said with no small amount of conviction 😆 Sounds like you’re an Acacia fan then! Good to know, thanks so much for sharing and hope you enjoyed the video 👍😊
Other than manuka honey, Yemeni Sidr Honey probably has the best reputation and research as a "medicinal honey" with proven health benefits, though all real raw honeys are healthy and beneficial.
Quite right, all honeys are beneficial, it truly is one of nature’s superfoods! Sidr honey was on our original shortlist and will hopefully make it into our Honey Taste Test Mark 2! Thanks for sharing and have a lovely day. 👍😊
Thanks for sharing. I’m aware of this one. Not tried it myself, but Heather honey was such a stand out winner in this taste test, for me at least, that any other honey would really have to go some to beat it! But never say never. 👍😊
Thanks for your suggestion! We select just 6 contenders per episode so it’s always a case of filtering down from the multitude of options and selecting based on global availability, reputation or provenance. However we always consider any suggestions for a Mark 2 episode in the future so would certainly bear this in mind for next time! 👍😊
un fotunately there is no british honey that is Organic. The only honey that i have produced that was truely organic was from Canada above the artic circle
@@thetastetestchannel A little honey in coffee or tea, a little honey on pancakes or oatmeal, and a little honey in barbecue sauce or sweet spicy stir fry sauce, is for me!
Fascinating stuff! I've just subscribed!
Thank you so much for subscribing! Welcome aboard! Super glad to have you with us 👍😁👍
@@thetastetestchannelyou need to try yemeni sidr honey thats the best honey in the world imo
I’ve had totally different experience with Manuka - not a hint of medicine in smell or taste; my current favorite. Although I’m going to have to try some of the others here; especially interested in the Heather honey
Interesting. The one in our line up had a very high UMF & MGO rating, so this may well mean extra oomph on the medicinal notes, but I would certainly recommend trying some of the others too. Delicious!
Thanks for sharing! 👍😊
@@thetastetestchannelI just tried Steens MGO 850+, very rich flavor, nice texture too. Maybe give that a try sometime? The flavor is crazy bold, maybe like a darker brown sugar
Good to know, thanks for the recommendation. 👍😁
And needless to say you earned yet another subscriber for this one. Excellent work.
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After watching this I ordered the Heather & Leatherwood honeys,
Totally agree with your conclusions, and my better half now adores the Tasmanian Leatherwood.
Much love & Thanks from us both.
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Wow! Fabulous, that’s so nice to hear and my very best to you both and thanks for letting me know, it means a lot. 👍😊
these videos are incredible! Thank you!
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I live in Florida and yes the Tupelo honey is very good. I am going to try the Scottish Heather. I love honey and thank you for sharing. I subscribed today 🤗
A big hello and very warm welcome to you in Florida! -
I hope you enjoy trying the Scottish Heather Honey - It’s very different fromTupelo, both both are lovely!
Thanks so much for commenting & I’m super glad you’ve subscribed! 👍😊
Love this! Just subscribed. I've tried most of these, and I would agree that Scottish Purple Heather honey is the best.
I’m so glad you enjoyed the video! As for your choice of honey, you clearly have impeccable taste! 😆Welcome aboard and thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a lovely comment. Have a wonderful weekend! 👍😊
Very well done taste test. Subscribed and cheers from Florida (not too far from where that tupelo honey was harvested).
A big hello to you in Florida! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such kind and thoughtful feedback.
I do hope you continue to enjoy our other taste tests, so glad you’ve subscribed, and a super warm welcome to the channel!
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THANKS FOR THE IN DEPTH VIDEO ...LIKED & SUBSCRIBED
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Love your review
Why thank you kindly! I very much appreciate you saying so! 😁 So glad you enjoyed the video and have a wonderful weekend 👍😊
Great video
Thank you so much for saying so! - You’re very kind. I’m really glad you enjoyed it. 👍😊
The brand I buy (in USA) is called Miod, it's a Linden Honey from Poland. I get it in an Asian supermarket that has an Eastern European aisle. I use it to sweeten my coffee. Another brand I have bought is Sadaf, there are various flavours. I wish you would post your scone recipe, they look delicious.
Thanks for commenting and glad you like the scones,😀 I can’t think of anything better to go with honey! I will get round to posting the recipe at some point but they are essentially a classic Devonshire scone (lots of recipes online.) 👍😊
Manuka honey has an ointment after taste as well but the benefits are awesome☺
It sure does taste medicinal! Definitely an acquired taste. 😊
I've only had Manuka and the Greek thyme. I loved the Greek honey. I got some once from a Greek farm. Wow. I ordered some of the Leatherwood. Heard it's quite tasty and similar in medicinal value as Manuka honey. Not a huge acacia honey fan, but it tastes decent. I want to try the heather. I'll order a bit once I've finished from the ones I've got.
Thanks for sharing. Great to be able to taste a honey while on location! The Leatherwood had an incredible bouquet to it and definitely one to try, but I couldn’t eat a lot of it. Tried a few Heather honeys since the taste test and none compare to the Heather Hills Farm one on the video, so would deffo recommend that one. I literally can’t stop eating it on fresh baked scones! Thanks again & have a great day.👍😁
Great video,thank you.🎉
Thank you kindly! I’m so glad you enjoyed it and thank you so much for your kind feedback. Have yourself a wonderful day. 👍😊
I'll take Tupelo Honey any day of the week.
Savannah Bee Company Tupelo Honey
Nice choice, thanks for sharing 👍😊
I'm from Florida so I'm a little gratified that Tupilo was chosen. But it is nowhere near as good as Sour Wood Honey from North Carolina.
As a fan of Van Morrison, I’ve always been curious about Tupelo and really pleased to have tried it. Will also keep a note of your Sour Wood recommendation. Thank you so much for sharing 👍😁
@@thetastetestchannel you owe it to yourself to get Sour Wood. The best jars are very light coloured with a spellbinding shimmer that suggests the reflection of lavender. It's like looking into a hazy sunset within a dream if you get the best sour wood.
But all of them from common bees, in Brazil you can find honey from various species of stingless bees, and each one of them have different texture and flavor
Thanks for sharing. We are aware of stingless bee honey but have to narrow our selection to 6 contenders per episode, so it’s always a difficult choice and never an exhaustive list. However, we always bear in mind recommendations for any Mark 2 episodes so thanks for your input. Have a great evening 👍😁
@@thetastetestchannel thank you for your answer. Have a great day!
You’re very welcome and you too! 👍😁
Like the fake honey how did it taste like with the different type of honey do you tried the crystalize honey before
It was fascinating trying all these different honeys. I hadn’t tried any of these particular ones before. Hope you enjoyed the review 😊
Have you tasted basswood, sourwood, fireweed , or Christmas bush or any of them creamed? I would love to hear your thoughts.
I have had the pleasure of trying a little Basswood honey once and recall enjoying it but, as it was a long time ago, I would struggle to describe it in more detail!. Nevertheless that’s some great ideas to consider within a Honey video Mark 2, so thank you!
Really appreciate you commenting and have a wonderful day! 👍😊
Manuka honey is used in hospital's around the world for it's healing properties.unfortunately it's not allowed in its Native NZ to be used as such,
The leatherwood sounds like my experience with general ecuadorian honey. Kept thinking we were getting honey that had been flavored with something akin to strong perfume 😅 wouldn't have known it was honey had i tasted it blind. Cheers from canada✌
A big hello to you in Canada!! 😁 Interesting about your ecuadorian honey experience. Its amazing just how much the perfume & taste of flowers comes through in some honeys! Thanks so much for sharing and have a wonderful weekend 👍😊
you need to try Sourwood Honey.
based on my very limited experience, I like the "wildflower" honey. I mean, I have zero clue what "wildflower" rly means, but I tend to like it better, whatever it is.
I was staring at the bottle of it (after pretty much forgetting that I got a different kind of honey while especially appreciating the taste of it one day and wondering why) next to clover honey and it had an almost reddish hue to it; like rose gold.
It seems to be a bit-less-sweet tasting, more complex, and VERY floral. It was like I could smell/taste a little field of a few different flowers.
The very-sweet single dimension of clover honey makes me a little sick after a small bit.
Well you certainly get top marks for your evocative and poetic description!
Wildflower honey literally means the bees have gathered nectar from whatever they can find; wildflowers, gardens, window boxes etc. as opposed to a dedicated local source of one type of flower. It’s often darker than single source (monofloral) honey and while varying in flavour can often produce real winners! Thanks so much for sharing and hope you enjoyed the video! 👍😊
Tupelo honey has the best taste. Like sweetened sunshin😋😋
That’s a lovely way of putting it 😊It certainly was a pleasure to try it. 👍😀
I like tupelo and orange blossom honey.
But I grew up eating in fl.
Great honey choices, thanks for sharing. I was fascinated to taste Tupelo and am still enjoying it on pancakes! Hope you enjoyed the video & have a lovely evening! 👍😊
@@thetastetestchannel yes I like the video and I like seeing the tupelo honey getting recognized in different places.
Back in the 80's and 90's down in the Apalachicola wild life management area.
The bee keeper had to make 10 foot tall electrical fince around the hives to try and keep the bears out of the honey.
They would take the electrical fince boxes made to run 50 miles of 1 strand of fince.
And make a fince about 10 feet high and 20 ft square. For the fince to be hot enough for the bear to pay attention to the schok.
And that didn't work all the time.
And there were stories about bee keeper getting chased by bear when the would go to the hives early or leave around dark.
@@thetastetestchannel oh look up Apalachicola national forest
And/ or Tate's hell state forest on UA-cam and you can see the places it came from.
Btw there are a lot of gators there all 4 types of our poison snakes, panthers, alligator snapping turtles, and coyotes and wild hogs in that place.
And back early and pre 90's if it wasn't hunting season you could camp down there and not see anyone else for weeks
Tates hel is 212,269 acers and Apalachicola is about 574,000 acres.
Wow, Tbj Tbj, that’s a lot of fascinating information! Clearly a unique place… Here in the UK, the most we have to contend with is the odd non poisonous spider and the occasional menacing look from a squirrel. Nevertheless most Brits would have to think twice before going wild camping! 😆🤣😆Thanks again for sharing! 👍😁
@@thetastetestchannel lol I don't get in to the bugs here. There even active in the little winter we get here.
I grew up around the swamps.
Fun fact from FL: Tupelo honey almost never crystallizes
A big hello to you there in Florida and all fun facts are very welcome! I very much enjoyed trying your lovely Tupelo honey. Thanks for sharing and have a lovely day! 👍😁
Honestly, I taste sharp floral notes in my manuka honey.
Thanks for sharing and I don’t doubt it! Manuka honeys will naturally vary to some degree, and depending on their strength, UMF, MGO etc, floral honey tones will come through in some more than others. The Kiva and others I’ve tried are certainly overwhelmingly dominated by medicinal tones, but some people may like this taste anyway and there’s nothing wrong with that! 👍😁
Love Heather honey 🥰
Totally agree, it’s amazing stuff, particularly the brand we taste tested. 😊👍
Heather honey is thixotropic, meaning it tends to be in a gelatinous state. It isn’t thick because of the beeswax content. Beeswax in liquid honey rises to the top. It’s unable to do that in heather honey. Manuka honey is also thixotropic.
I try not to get too complicated in the video. You are correct that Heather honey is thixotropic, but by nature of this, when it is extracted, most producers press the honeycomb. In doing so, particulates of honeycomb are left in the honey and, due to the gelatinous state that you mentioned, it prevents it rising to the top. It is these inclusions of honeycomb particulates that I particularly like about the Heather honey featured in this video. Interestingly, there are some producers that take the time to extract and filter the honey, leaving a surprisingly runny Heather honey, but I don’t think it’s as good!
Thanks for commenting and have a great day 👍😊
Centauri Honey , nothing compares to it when comes to health benefits , sadly not for public sales
Other rare & coveted honeys coming up shortly in Honey Mark 2! Thanks for sharing 👍😊
Manuka honey taste great and the benefits are great
Thanks for commenting. Have a great day! 👍😊
Manuka 🤮 Definitely gonna try me some Heather Honey 😋😋
Good for you!, I couldn’t recommend it highly enough! 😋👍
Because I get mine (often on sale) from Costco, I don't get hit as hard with the price tag of the Manuka honey, but because I've also heard nothing but good about the Heather Honey, I might well order some off Amazon or so next time I get the chance. n.n
I highly recommend it! Of all the honeys I’ve tried, Heather honey is, in my opinion, the most delicious! 👍😁
@@thetastetestchannelI think its awesome with you being a British female youtuber :) need more women representing the UK
With around half of the world (and of course the UK) being made up of females, I really don’t think it’s an issue, 😆 but super glad you’re enjoying the videos and thank you so much for your enthusiastic feedback. 👍😁
What about sidr honey
Thanks for your suggestion! We select just 6 contenders per episode so it’s always a case of filtering down from the multitude of options and selecting based on global availability, reputation or provenance. However we always consider any suggestions for a Mark 2 episode in the future so would certainly bear this in mind for next time! 👍😊
Love my honey and heather honey my go to....
The Scottish heather honey got that expensive that even Waitrose stopped selling it 😂
All is not lost though as if raw unheated real heather honey is your thing like me then there's an English alternative : Littleover Apiaries Heather Honey 340g @ £4.50 which is nearly half the price but all the flavour 👍
I’ve tried a few heather honeys now and none of them have beaten the Heather Hills one yet, but great to know and certainly sounds like good value! Thanks again for contributing. 👍😁
@@thetastetestchannel .....In Greece I was daft enough to try Mad Honey big mistake 😂
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@@geebee6737 why was it a mistake?
Acacia is the tastiest honey that i ever tasted in my life.
Said with no small amount of conviction 😆 Sounds like you’re an Acacia fan then! Good to know, thanks so much for sharing and hope you enjoyed the video 👍😊
Other than manuka honey, Yemeni Sidr Honey probably has the best reputation and research as a "medicinal honey" with proven health benefits, though all real raw honeys are healthy and beneficial.
Quite right, all honeys are beneficial, it truly is one of nature’s superfoods! Sidr honey was on our original shortlist and will hopefully make it into our Honey Taste Test Mark 2! Thanks for sharing and have a lovely day. 👍😊
The best honey is the sedir honey from Yemen
Thanks for sharing. I’m aware of this one. Not tried it myself, but Heather honey was such a stand out winner in this taste test, for me at least, that any other honey would really have to go some to beat it! But never say never. 👍😊
Or sidr yemen honey
Thanks for your suggestion! We select just 6 contenders per episode so it’s always a case of filtering down from the multitude of options and selecting based on global availability, reputation or provenance. However we always consider any suggestions for a Mark 2 episode in the future so would certainly bear this in mind for next time! 👍😊
un fotunately there is no british honey that is Organic. The only honey that i have produced that was truely organic was from Canada above the artic circle
Mmm.. honey.
Mmm indeed, nothing quite like it. I don’t know about you, but for me, it has to be on scones. Thanks for commenting. 😊
@@thetastetestchannel A little honey in coffee or tea, a little honey on pancakes or oatmeal, and a little honey in barbecue sauce or sweet spicy stir fry sauce, is for me!
Yum! Sounds delicious. Now you’ve got me feeling like spicy stir fry sauce at 8am in the morning! 🤣
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Thank you kindly. 🙏💕👍